About the Authors

Sherry Rankins-Robertson

Sherry Rankins-Robertson is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing and Director of First-Year Composition at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she teaches the graduate seminar in teaching writing. She has designed curriculum and taught courses in family history writing, nonfiction, and business writing. Her publications have focused on uses of multimodal composition in first-year composition, strategies for successful online teaching, effective assignment design using the WPA Outcomes Statement, and partnerships between universities and prisons.

Tiffany Bourelle

Tiffany Bourelle is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of New Mexico, where she teaches first-year writing and professional and technical writing. Her publications have focused on incorporating multimodal composition assignments into first-year writing courses, integrating service-learning projects in face-to-face and online mediums, and designing professional writing internships where students work with nonprofit organizations.

Andrew Bourelle

Andrew Bourelle is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of New Mexico. He previously worked at Arizona State University and the University of Nevada, Reno, where he received his PhD. His work has been published in the Journal of Teaching Writing and Currents in Teaching and Learning, as well as other publications.

David Fisher

David Fisher is an Instructor of English and Interim Director of First-Year Composition at Emory University. His research focuses on using digital media, games, and simulation to teach basic, critical, and professional literacies.